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OK, so we took the brand new 300BH out this weekend. Our goal was to use everything and figure out HOW to use everything, identify issues, etc., before we take it to the mountains in 3 weeks. On Saturday afternoon, we had a nice little storm kick up.
I have a Patio Room attached to the awning, staked down with nail-type tent stakes. The 300BH has a front slide, and the screen wall is basically beside this. I had my trucked parked sideways in front of the RV. As the storm was approaching, I asked one of the other guys I was with if I should pull it all up, and he said no. He was saying that the slide and my truck would provide enough of windbreak that I shouldn't even worry about it. Turns out we had a very tense hour with some lightning and high winds as the storm passed, but everything was OK~ didn't even have a stake pull free.
Yesterday I was talking with my father-in-law, who has a big Class A, and he freaked when I told him we left it down - he said that you should always pull the awning in (and take down the screen room) if there's a storm coming - he went on to say we should always pull the awning in (and therefore, take down the screen room) at night because you never know when a storm will blow up~ and you should even pull the awning in (and therefore, take down the screen room) every time you drive away from the RV, because you never know when there will be a storm......
I have a feeling the best advice is somewhere between these 2 examples. I'm just wondering if anyone with screen rooms has had experiences with them in storms, and had any advice to give?
I have a Patio Room attached to the awning, staked down with nail-type tent stakes. The 300BH has a front slide, and the screen wall is basically beside this. I had my trucked parked sideways in front of the RV. As the storm was approaching, I asked one of the other guys I was with if I should pull it all up, and he said no. He was saying that the slide and my truck would provide enough of windbreak that I shouldn't even worry about it. Turns out we had a very tense hour with some lightning and high winds as the storm passed, but everything was OK~ didn't even have a stake pull free.
Yesterday I was talking with my father-in-law, who has a big Class A, and he freaked when I told him we left it down - he said that you should always pull the awning in (and take down the screen room) if there's a storm coming - he went on to say we should always pull the awning in (and therefore, take down the screen room) at night because you never know when a storm will blow up~ and you should even pull the awning in (and therefore, take down the screen room) every time you drive away from the RV, because you never know when there will be a storm......
I have a feeling the best advice is somewhere between these 2 examples. I'm just wondering if anyone with screen rooms has had experiences with them in storms, and had any advice to give?